Whew, what a rough year it's been for Tucker Carlson. The former Fox News heavyweight has tumbled from the cable news mountaintop, going from the #1 rated show to peddling 8chan conspiracy theories on Twitter. As TikToker Kat Abu ("I watch conservatives for work but make fun of them for pleasure") lays out, Tucker's spectacular fall from being "one of the most powerful men in America" to a just another ranting right-wing crank interviewing "unhinged lunatics on a dying website" is delicious...
THE mum of murdered soldier Lee Rigby said expanding a charity in his name helped her get back from rock bottom. Lyn, 57, said she felt suicidal and at her lowest point laid by Lee’s grave on a fre
The Basics : AIRNESS a play with music by Chelsea Marcantel, directed by Drew McCabe presented by Lancaster Opera House starring Amanda Funiciello, Jacob Applegate, Isaiah Brown, Zachary Kushner, Mara []
E. Lockhart is a pseudonym for Emily Jenkins, who has written numerous books under either name. Her YA novels, suitable for adults of any age, center on the angst experienced by young adults of privileged families. It makes sense that she would have insight into their lifestyles, based on her educational background. Ms. Jenkins grew up in Cambridge, MA, and Seattle, WA, where she attended Lakeside School, a private high school. She also attended summer drama schools at Northwestern University...
Another person with local history has become a published author. Roberto Perezdiaz has produced an anthology of his short stories, “Subsonic Flight to Tequila Therapy and Other Tales from Aztlan” (2022, 232 pages in paperback format). Perezdiaz was a court interpreter in Madera (the subject of the fourth short story) and was married to the late Gloria Osuna, the artist who created the Aztec-inspired Coyolxauhqui Madre Cosmica exhibit, which Rochelle Noblett brought to our gallery from an art...
Funny StoryDaphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra. Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s...
Happy Friday! Ecommerce major Flipkart held talks with Zepto for a potential deal. More on that in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in the letter:■ Agilitas-Lotto deal■ Layoffs at Good Glamm Group■ Swiggy integrates Mall with Instamart Exclusive: Flipkart’s talks to buy majority stake in Zepto falter 109417440From left: Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy, Zepto cofounders Kaivalya Vohra and Aadit PalichaEcommerce major Flipkart made an offer to buy a majority stake in...
Late-night hosts discuss Donald Trump’s day off from court and his Truth Social rant about Jimmy Kimmel’s performance at the Oscars five weeks ago
Global plastic pollution treaty talks hit critical stage in Canada
Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to stop the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution. Each day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans, rivers and lakes, according []
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to stop the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution. Each day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world’s
Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to end the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution